Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- 2. The Retinal Receptor: A Description.- 3. The Stiles-Crawford Effects.- 4. Retinal Receptor Orientation and Photoreceptor Optics.- 5. Waveguide Properties of Retinal Receptors: Techniques and Observations.- 6. Theoretical Considerations of the Retinal Receptor as a Waveguide.- 7. Theoretical Consideration of Optical Interactions in an Array of Retinal Receptors.- 8. The Visual Receptor as a Light Collector.- 9. Microspectrophotometry and Optical Phenomena: Birefringence, Dichroism, and Anomalous Dispersion.- 10. Tapeta Lucida of Vertebrates.- 11. A Comparison of Vertebrate and Invertebrate Photoreceptors.- Additional References with Titles.

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